posted on: Monday, April 4, 2011

During the final week of One Month to Win it we were asked to do a "Power Hour Project." Easier said then done.

I wanted to make a ridiculously inventive project, but alas I settled on a lamp.

Lamps serve a two-fold purpose in our home. i.e. they are great accent pieces as well as great light sources (yes, I just stated the obvious).

Here is the skinny. Most the lamps in our home are not plugged in or have never been turned on. I relish in the fact that I am minimizing my carbon foot print, or I am just too lazy to plug the lamp in or buy a bulb...

If any of you are drawn to Target on a regular basis you may have seen the lamp on the left. I would venture to say it is their staple lamp. I have a couple of them. They are cheap, and modern, and fun.

But I also love lamps, that are bold, bright, and contain patterns that make my eyes go all wacky. They, however, are not cheap. Which means no fun.

So I decided to design my own shnazzy "expensive looking" lamp, using a cheap lamp....

I don't know the technical term, but I wanted a lamp base that had "stacked ball" look. hahaha. I don't know why that is funny...

To get the "stacked" look, I took styrofoam balls and I drilled holes through the center of each one. Then I cut each ball in half and hot glued them to the metal rod of the lamp. I then primed and spray painted the base of the lamp.

While, the base dried I made a removable lamp shade cover. My sewing machine has been on the fritz so I had to make one without my trusty sidekick (GREAT news for all of you non-sewers)! I used Heat n' Bond to hem the edges of the fabric, then I also used Heat n' Bond to attach the ends together to make the cylinder shape.

Once I finished the lamp shade cover, the lamp base was dry enough to attach the beads. I used Christmas bead garland to give the base texture. I super glued the beads around the base and around each ball.

So instead of paying a $100 dollars on a lamp, I only paid $20 dollars for my awesomely shabby chic room accessory. And the best news of all...do you wanna know? Doya? Doya? Because the lamp shade is removable I can change it out to fit any room, any color, and any design.

That's it. Time to feed the starving Punk.

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This is so creative and I walked away with another piece of brilliance,....not having to plug in a lamp. I have a spot that I would love to have a lamp decorate but it isn't near a plug. Now I don't have to worry,...I'll put it there and not worry about the plug. Brilliant I say, Brilliant!

wow how cool is that! Im gonna have to do this! I have the same lamps and I've been bring to change the look to them and haven't really found something that i looked! LOve this idea! found you over at Southern Lovely! I'm your newest follower:)

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